They are also equipped with strong claws to tear open ant nests.Īrmadillos have poor eyesight and rely on their exceptional hearing, sensory hairs and sense of smell to detect food and predators. Like most insect eating animals, armadillos have a long sticky tongue to slurp bugs as quickly as possible.
Most animals are unable to bite through this tough material. Its armor is made out of keratin, the same protein in human fingernails. One of the only species of armadillo that can roll into a complete ball to defend itself against predators. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged armadillos, armour, group03 by u0900620. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from National Geographic Animals: Retrieved April 7, 2010, from Armadillos: Behaviour and reproduction: Unique among mammals, armadillos give birth to four. Armadillos sport fine tracts of hair, warm blood, give live birth, and feed their young milk. Is an armadillo a reptile or a mammal The armadillo’s armored appearance makes it look reptilian, but this almost hairless animal is a mammal. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from Nine-banded Armadillo – Pictures photos and information: This reflex may help scare off predators in the wild. Determinants of aggression in Nine-banded Armadillos. Females also show aggression when they are defending their current litter and dispersing last year’s young. However, male Armadillos show aggression when they are paired with a female, suggesting that this behaviour only arises so as to retain the exclusive rights to the female counterpart. Given their protective armour, it is not unusual to assume that they are peaceful animals. In order to maintain some buoyancy, they inflate their lungs, stomach and intestines with air, which they would if they were crossing a shallow river. Their armour is thick and heavy, so they usually sink when they swim. Armadillos can hold their breaths underwater up to a maximum of six minutes! (J Rank, 2010)You can imagine them as armoured submarines, crossing rivers underwater. (Ever Wonder, 2002)ĭid you know that Armadillos are good swimmers too? Well, in a fashion, at least. Running swiftly into thorny bushes where its armour will protect it.Curling itself into a ball, with the exception of the Nine-banded Armadillo, which only defends itself by wedging its feet deep into the soil and grabbing it so that the surrounding armour touches the ground.Small as a rabbit, brave as a lion, don’t you think so? The armour of the Armadillo is made up of small plates of bones and covered by a later of horny skin. Unlike many common animals with innate abilities to evade, escape or camouflage themselves when threatened by predators, Armadillos choose to defend itself by utilising its coarse (and awesome) armour in the face of its adversary. It reminds me of a medieval general’s amour, fully plated and ready for war. I have always been amazed by the Armadillo’s head to toe hard and leathery armour. (National Geographic, 2010) They are most closely related to the Anteater and Sloth, and are said to look like rabbits without its armour. The Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is the most common, spreading from South America into Kansas in the United States. Armadillo is Spanish for “little armoured one”. There are 20 species of Armadillos in the world as we know today.
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